| The KUIK Market Update for Monday, August 24: | |||||||
| Markets have improved from catastropic to merely painful. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Time | Change | ||
| Dow | Down | (369) | points | 16,093 | 8:04 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -2.3% | percent | 1,926 | (45.28) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Down | -2.3% | percent | 4,597 | (109.02) | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (11) | Basis Points | 2.64 | Annual Yield | ||
| European stocks fell, extending a selloff in global stocks on worries that China’s economy is slowing more than anticipated. Stoxx Europe 600 fell 2.9% to 350.85, with no sectors trading higher. In London the FTSE 100 fell 2.8% to 6,013.20, | |||||||
| October crude fell to $37.75 a barrel on the New York Merc, Right now it is off 4.2% to $38.74 a barrel. It traded as low as $37.75. | |||||||
| The People’s Bank of China is preparing to flood the country’s banking system with new liquidity to boost lending, according to bank officials, as a weaker currency could spur more funds leaving China The step involves cutting the banks’ reserve requirements and would signal that the Chinese central bank’s exchange-rate maneuvering in the past two weeks is backfiring, forcing it to resort to the easing measures that so far have failed to help spur economic activity. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/european-stocks-track-china-selloff-slide-deeper-into-correction-2015-08-24 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-tumbles-to-fresh-lows-on-china-market-turmoil-2015-08-24-2103336 | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-plans-more-steps-to-boost-bank-lending-2015-08-23 | |||||||
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